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Draws largely from the author's early inspirational writings for Guideposts magazine, featuring heartwarming stories and essays that reflect various aspects of Monk's early writing career and quest for spiritual awareness. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.

After her "stand-in mother," a bold black woman named Rosaleen, insults the three biggest racists in town, Lily Owens joins Rosaleen on a journey to Tiburon, South Carolina, where they are taken in by three black, bee-keeping sisters.

Featuring a new introduction, a republication of a spiritual classic introduces western readers to the mystical dimensions of the human soul, inviting readers to develop and nurture a contemplative and vital sense of spirituality. Reprint.

"the story follows Hetty "Handful" Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be her handmaid. "The Invention of Wings" follows the next thirty-five years of their lives. Inspired in part by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke (a feminist, suffragist and, importantly, an abolitionist), Kidd allows herself to go beyond the record to flesh out the inner lives of all the characters, both real and imagined"--

Traces more than three decades in the lives of a wealthy Charleston debutante who longs to break free from the strictures of her household and pursue a meaningful life; and the urban slave, Handful, who is placed in her charge as a child before finding courage and a sense of self. By the best-selling author of The Secret Life of Bees. Reprint.

In this second novel, Sue Monk Kidd, author of the bestselling 'The Secret Life of Bees,' writing from the perspective of conflicted, discontented Jessie, achieves a bold intensity and complexity that wasn't possible in her first novel. Here, secrets are told and mysteries revealed in a tapestry strengthened by bonds between women that bridge pain and loss. 335p.

Tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black 'stand-in mother,' Rosaleen, insults three of the town's most vicious racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina—a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna who presides over their household. 336p.

A New York Times Bestseller. Set in South Carolina in 1964, the book is the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. Determined to escape the racist environment of her hometown, Lily springs both herself and her fierce-hearted black 'stand-in mother' to the town of Tiburon, where she is introduced to the mesmerizing world of bees and honey and the Black Madonna. 302p.

From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers?featuring cover art by Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film Moonrise Kingdom to Penguin's own bestsellers Committed and Rules of Civility. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series launches with six perennial favorites to give as elegant gifts, or to showcase on your own shelves. K is for Kidd. Set in South Carolina during the tumultuous summer of 1964, The Secret Life of Bees also ushered young Lily Owens, a girl transformed by the power and divinity of the female spirit, into the canon of modern-day heroines. Lily and her fierce-hearted black ?stand-in mother” escape the racism of their hometown and find refuge with an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, whose world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna is mesmerizing.

The authors describe their introspective journeys to Greece and France, during which they reconnected while Sue grappled with midlife challenges and writer's block and Ann struggled with heartbreak and post-college career questions.

Through her beloved novels, 'The Secret Life of Bees' and 'The Mermaid Chair,' author Sue Monk Kidd has carved quite a name out for herself. Now, she and her daughter, Ann, team up to pen a touching and poignant dual memoir. 'Traveling with Pomegranates' chronicles their journeys between 1998 and 2000 when they visited sacred sites throughout Greece and France. More than just just a travel memoir, their book is an intimate portrayal of their own lives. Sue confronts to with the newfound awareness that she is aging and struggles to reconnect with her now grown daughter; and Ann, a recent college graduate deals with a broken heart and an existential crisis.

From the Bestselling Author of The Secret Life of Bees, an Inspiring Autobiographical Account of Personal Pain, Spiritual Awakening, and Divine Grace Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis, when life seemed to have lost meaning and her longing for a hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of "active waiting." This PLUS edition includes a reader's guide.